Roadworthiness and Periodic Technical Inspection legislation

LATEST UPDATE (September 2020)

The EU Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) has set up a group of experts on roadworthiness and vehicle registration documents. The European Commission intends that the group updates any testing methods defined in the directive if more efficient and effective test methods become available, amongst other topics.

CURRENT EU LEGISLATION

Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1467896904077&uri=CELEX:32014L0045

Directive 2014/47/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Union

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1467896904077&uri=CELEX:02014L0047-20140519